Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread - Read Mod Warning in OP 7/1/15

kryogen wrote: »

Messi signed a deal putting him on top again from what I remember

So its probably just messi wanting the manager gone

homerjay2005 wrote: »

so you think we will sign him in January?

I'm not saying we will sign him in January. I'm saying that Miguel is wrong if he thinks he isn't on LVG's radar as he is.

I can only imagine LVG taking messi off after 65 mins away to QPR and putting RVP up top

Barca can't buy players so I doubt they'll let Messi leave

Messi will get a new contract out of this and Enrique will get sacked

Would take Ronaldo back over Messi, ever since Xavi started losing it Messi hasn't looked the same. Ronaldo is consistently devastating no matter who's in the team around him.

Realistically how much for Messi? €150-180m I suppose? .. Crazy stuff altogether.

irishfeen wrote: »

Realistically how much for Messi? €150-180m I suppose? .. Crazy stuff altogether.

I'd guess you'd be looking at €150M+ to even talk to Barcelona, that would only leave 6-7 clubs capable of going for him.
Probably looking at £400-500K a week on wages as well.
IF it happened, it may only happen to a club sponsored by Addidas, open to correction on below, but that leaves 4 teams, and are Chelsea changing kit provider next year?

Real Madrid - Not a chance of another Figo incident happening. (Addidas)
PSG - could well go for him, don't seem to care about FFP.
Monaco - The Falcao sale suggests they can't.
Bayern, could afford it but highly dout they'd see it as good value. They colud spen that amount on German league players and get double benifit of weakening the other teams. (Addidas)
Russian clubs? not at the moment, Rouble is cack and player don't seem too happy when they get there.
Chelsea - Have done well to be there or ther abouts with FFP, doubt they'd blow that by going after him. (Addidas)???
Man City - You never know with them but they appear to be 'trying' to work within FFP
United - Could well afford it, but could do far far better with that money that spunk it on one player. (Addidas)

Costs too rich for MLS at the moment, and he'd hardly be daft enough to take the inevitable offer from Doha FC or whatever they're called?


realisticly I can't see him leaving this side of age 30.

bucketybuck wrote: »

You can understand the thought process though, these aren't young lads going to a new country and struggling, its a pattern of some of the highest quality footballers in world football, established, proven world class footballers, and all seem to underperform beside Messi. Ibrahimovic, Sanchez, Neymar and now Suarez.

Zlatan stuggled, Neymar took a while to get going but had a decent first season, Sanchez was great for them too.

paulbok wrote: »

I'd guess you'd be looking at €150M+ to even talk to Barcelona, that would only leave 6-7 clubs capable of going for him.
Probably looking at £400-500K a week on wages as well.
IF it happened, it may only happen to a club sponsored by Addidas, open to correction on below, but that leaves 4 teams, and are Chelsea changing kit provider next year?

Real Madrid - Not a chance of another Figo incident happening. (Addidas)
PSG - could well go for him, don't seem to care about FFP.
Monaco - The Falcao sale suggests they can't.
Bayern, could afford it but highly dout they'd see it as good value. They colud spen that amount on German league players and get double benifit of weakening the other teams. (Addidas)
Russian clubs? not at the moment, Rouble is cack and player don't seem too happy when they get there.
Chelsea - Have done well to be there or ther abouts with FFP, doubt they'd blow that by going after him. (Addidas)???
Man City - You never know with them but they appear to be 'trying' to work within FFP
United - Could well afford it, but could do far far better with that money that spunk it on one player. (Addidas)

Costs too rich for MLS at the moment, and he'd hardly be daft enough to take the inevitable offer from Doha FC or whatever they're called?


realisticly I can't see him leaving this side of age 30.

I'd say FFP could even come into it for us with that kind of money. I'd throw in a bid for €135m and leave it at that.

Donnielighto wrote: »

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1783920-leo-messi-once-defied-pep-guardiola-with-a-can-of-coke

Even the people paid to promote Pepsi, hate the fecking thing.

Looks like Valdes is signing - few places reporting a deal has been agreed. Gutted.

Bye bye Dave... must be off to Madrid in the summer.

Mitch Connor wrote: »

Looks like Valdes is signing - few places reporting a deal has been agreed. Gutted.

Bye bye Dave... must be off to Madrid in the summer.

Valdes is 32 - could be a back up keeper to DDG - hopefully. If he left Id be gutted too

irishfeen wrote: »

Valdes is 32 - could be a back up keeper to DDG - hopefully. If he left Id be gutted too

A keeper who looks after himself can play til 40 or so - s Valdes has potentially 8 years left in him at the top level. I don't see him basically giving up on first team football.

I reckon he, and his advisors, will have been told DDG is gone in the summer, and that is why he is signing for us.

Some of the Madrid papers are telling stories of Madrid players being unhappy with Bale. Could be subtle moves in pushing Bale out (similar to Di Maria and Ozil) in a deal that will see United bring Bale in and DDG going to Madrid.

bangkok wrote: »

no, we are without doubt the only club that could afford him, (in the proper way, FFP and all that) unless someone like Chelsea sold a hazard fro 60m to offset that.

75m a year from adidas, 50m a year from cheverlot and around 18m a year for the training ground naming rights, that's just 3 of our main sponsors, not even taking into account all of the other 50-100 other sponsors, gate receipts, tv money, shirt sales and other merchandise etc

I wonder how much we would actually have to spend to be in trouble??